Chapter 29: Catseye is Idle!

Charles continued pestering Elle with his questions about what happened to her. To shut him out she just told him everything.

He thought that the most shocking news he got that day was about Black Shadow discovering Elle's identity but he was wrong. It turned out Elle had something more surprising to tell him

"Who saved you?" he asked curiously.

"A detective," she replied matter-of-factly.

"What!? Can you repeat it? Did I hear it wrong?" Charles was startled. He couldn't believe what she had just said.

"Chief Detective Inspector Erick Lee who is handling a case related to Catseye to be exact. I think it might be Jorge Arison's Case," she answered nonchalantly.

Charles gasped from that shocking news. "Whoah! You really have some luck this time."

Elle started to feel annoyed with Charles's blabbering mouth. "Can. You. Shut up?!"

Her cold voice sent shivers down his spine, making Charles keep quiet. He sensed that she was really pissed right now.

"I called you because I want you to do something for me," she said to him.

Charles obediently listened to her as she gave him the instruction.

"I got it! By the way, how did you know that he is handling Jorge's Case?" He asked again curiously.

" I heard his phone call conversation with one of his colleagues talking about Catseye. Since Jorge's case was the recent one, I assume he is handling that case."

"And I don't think that he is one of those Eagles who are always running their noses on my business for quite some years now," she added.

She paused for a moment recalling the other members of Special Task Force Eagles.

"I already familiarized myself with those agents. The Detective who saved me is a new face. I think he was assigned just recently to our case."

Charles just nodded at her explanation. That statement made sense. Then he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! Five years ago, they formed that special task force just to catch you but until now they didn't even have a glimpse of your shadow. They are following your track blindly! I pity them." Charles mocked those agents.

"I have another concern, what should I do about our pending missions? A lot of people are calling me," Charles consulted her.

"Reject. I still need to recuperate. Just do what I told you to do."

Elle instructed him for the last time and then she hung up the phone.

He wanted to ask her more about the detective but she was not in the mood. He made a mental note to ask her next time.

Meanwhile.... a group of assassins gathered in one certain place.

"Have you heard?" someone spoke up.

"About what?"

"Catseye rejected so many missions! They are looking for other assassins to fill in the job," he said happily

"Oh is that true? Hmm, it is so unusual for Catseye to reject missions! Catseye is someone who always thinks about money and killing." Someone felt puzzled.

"Did something happen to that devil?" another one shared his thoughts.

"No one knows. They said Catseye has something more important to do right now and will not accept any mission for the time being."

"Well, that punk is really unpredictable. We don't know what is running through his mind," someone said nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders.

"How about Black Shadow? I haven't seen him here for the past few days."

"He is probably busy right now. I heard someone offered him a great amount of money for one tough mission. But I don't know who his target is this time."

"Then that's good news for us. It means we have more job opportunities! Cheers!!!"

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At XXX Crime Investigation Office...

The meeting was still ongoing. However, Selena Arison didn't stay for long as she left the office right away after knowing the reports regarding the progress of their investigation.

The atmosphere inside the conference room was back to normal. A while ago they felt really pressured when Selena was around.

They could feel her gloominess and anger. They felt frustrated also since they haven't found any more useful information to catch the culprits.

The worst-case was they already knew who did it but the problem was they didn't know where and how to catch them.

"Allen and Carl, what is the update on your side?" Captain Jason asked them.

It was Allen who answered.

"There is no current movement from Catseye. It has been three weeks already since Jorge and Peter were killed. No reports of killings related to Catseye had been submitted."

Other members of the Eagles were startled upon hearing the report. Team Alpha noticed their reactions so Rose asked them.

"What's with your expressions? This is good news. Why do you look so puzzled like that?"

Carl searched for something on his laptop and he projected some data on the screen.

"These are the records of Catseye Crime for the past five years."

Everyone focused on the Bar Graph presented on the screen. It represented the months and the years and the corresponding number of crimes committed every month.

Team Alpha was shocked upon seeing the data.

"Is that the record of Catseye's crimes committed for the past five years?" Bryan asked.

"Yes," Allen simply replied.

Bryan gasped "Oh crap, that's too many!!!"

"Catseye is known for his viciousness that's why he is entitled as the Devilish Assassin! Someone said that Catseye was addicted to bloody crime, killings, and money."

"These records show that the average frequency or the average crime that Catseye committed every one month is 13."

"It also means that an average of 13 people was killed by Catseye every month."

"This data only includes the reported one but we never know. There is a possibility that she committed more crime depending on his mood," Carl said as he explained the data further.

"However, for this month, she just committed 3 crimes including the recent case of Peter Blake and Jorge Arison."

"This means Catseye had been idle for the past three weeks. That is the reason why we are puzzled," Allen said, a deep frown appearing on his forehead.

Everyone was put in deep thought after they heard the report of Carl and Allen.

"The question is what could have happened after the Assassination of Jorge and Peter?"

"Even though it is good news that Catseye committed less crime this month but we are really bothered since this is the first time it happened for the past five years on following this case.'' Captain Jason shared his thoughts.

"If he is consistently doing crimes and it suddenly became less this month then we could say that Catseye possibly encountered a mishap in one of his missions."

"This could be one of the possible reasons. Catseye must have been injured or something unexpected happened to him," Erick had finally spoken, sharing one of his speculations.

'If that's the case then who could it be?'

"Then I should act this time and gather more information. It's my time to go undercover and be a spy in the underground world."

It was Marie who spoke up with a bright smile. She winked at her team members who were startled from the moment she suddenly spoke up.

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